Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription

Despite the title, this work concerns Spitzbergen only, mentioning its geographical relationship to Greenland and Jan Mayen Island; also includes a long description of Whaling

Signatures: ()⁴ (()1 verso blank) A-R⁴ (R4 verso blank)

Errata: p. [3], 3rd count

Engraved printer's vignette on title page; tail piece; initials

Palmer, P.M. German works on America

Muller, F. Book, plates, maps on America

JCB Lib. cat., 1675-1700

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 (J675 .M377s) bound separately

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 (J675 .S317L) bound as 3rd item of 4 with: Joannis SchefferI von Strassburg Lappland, das ist: Neue and wahrhafftige Beschreibung von Lappland and dessen Einwohnern / by Johannes Scheffer, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig, 1675

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 imperfect: errata, p. [3], 3rd count misbound after plates following text

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has [12] leaves of plates, 4 of which are folded, and one of which is double

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 bound in contemporary full vellum over boards

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